The Next Normal of a New CEO
Embarking on a transformation journey at the helm of an organization is thrilling. However, journeys come to an end, and life -as well as business- goes on. That part of the story typically gets left out of the books because… who wants to hear about the ‘normal’? We revive that story here, in the final article of the series, The Next Normal of a New CEO.
How to Measure the Progress of Your Culture Journey
Many companies begin their culture journey motivated to make big changes. While the intention of major change is there, some will lack the follow-through to sustain focus and solidify lasting change. Taking the time to measure the progress of your culture in a conscious, intentional, and continuous way is important to keep your initiatives on track.
Empowering Change-Makers to Propel Your Culture Transformation
Organizations place a lot of value on leaders who can effectively lead others through change. However, despite the importance that both leaders and organizations place on change leadership, many organizations lack an intentional strategy to help their leaders become effective change-makers.
Culture Change: Creating a roadmap for culture change
An essential part of closing the gap between where an organization is now and where they need to be is providing a clear roadmap for culture change. This is an important step toward making the necessary changes.
The Critical Role Psychological Safety Plays in Team Effectiveness
Psychological safety is not something that can be taken for granted. It can take time to build and seconds to break and should be part of every leader’s agenda. Creating a safe environment where people can openly express their opinions freely is our ultimate responsibility as leaders.
Survivor Syndrome: Revamping your Leadership Summit and Employee Town Hall
The more VUCA in our current world, the more we need to reconnect and take a reflective break with our people. 2020 is not the year to cancel, but rather to focus on revamping the Leadership Summit and Employee Town Hall.
Culture Shift Series #3: And Now for the Heavy Lifting…The Unsexy Work of Shifting Systems
These are some of the symbols and systems that shape workplace culture and we’ll explore one of the fundamental shifts needed for a new paradigm…
Three Key Ingredients to Transform Your Culture
There are many ways to change a culture in an organization, but the actual transformation comes from its people doing something different, adopting new behaviors, changing the way they have conversations and how they interact with each other. In order to change something, we need to understand how it’s created, shaped and influenced. There are […]
All Aboard? The Culture Train Doesn’t Need to be Full to Leave the Station
As we referred to in our first article, culture is everywhere, just like the air we breathe. The problem is that we forgot. The second layer to this is that we often hear that people need to “start” working on the culture. However, the culture has always been there and is continuously influenced by everyone […]
Culture Change: Make it Simpler. Make it Happen.
Understanding how culture is created and how it influences employees can become a lever as you work on culture change in your organization. The more and more we talk with people in organizations, in HR, Senior Leaders or CEOs, they all feel it’s hard to make all this change happen at the speed they expect. Many times it looks more like a burden than a great opportunity. How can we make culture change simpler? How can we make it happen?